Jake Jolis, a renowned partner at Matrix Partners, has proven himself a vital member of the startup community. He prides himself on helping early-stage founders reach their ultimate goals, as he believes the founder's psychology is the major factor in determining whether a company will succeed or fail. He has a Bachelor's degree from Stanford University and has also studied at Y Combinator. His wealth of experience includes his roles as CEO and co-founder of Verbling, lead seed investor at Emerge Tools and Steadily, and first-round investor at Applied Intuition. He has served as board member at Educative, Inc., Dray Alliance, Smartcat, andKeeper Tax. Moreover, he was an entrepreneur-in-residence at ZenoVentures.

Jake has a deep understanding of the startup ecosystem, and his contributions to established and emerging companies have helped them to achieve new levels of success. He values the founder's well-being and has been tirelessly working towards helping early-stage startups emerge as breakthrough companies.